Consists of photographs of
public buildings located in Gainesville, Texas (1910-1930), and also contains
photographs of the Gainesville Community circus (undated), and the Red River
Bridge (undated).

In 1850, pioneers heading towards California stopped at Elm Creek in central
Cooke County, Texas, and established the town of Gainesville. Named as the
county seat, Gainesville became a prosperous center for the cattle business
following the Civil War. By 1890, the local market shifted from cattle to
cotton. Nearby oil fields became an additional source of income in the twentieth
century for this growing community of 14,000.

This collection consists of
images from the construction of the Galveston Sea wall. In the
aftermath of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, which was the deadliest in Texas
history, the city and county of Galveston constructed a seventeen foot concrete
sea wall to protect inhabitants of the region.

Includes images documenting
the lives of Mexican-Americans in West Texas from 1922 to 1974, but especially
during the 1950s. Includes images of a labor camp, families, a wedding,
clothing, automobiles, an airport, and fair. Collection bulks with family
activities.

Berta Garcia and her
husband, Felipe Garcia were insurance agents in the West Texas area.

Bulks with individuals and groups of individuals including Garlin graduation photos and group photos of Kappa Phi Kappa. Dr. Raymond E. Garlin was a
Texas Tech professor, serving as head of the Department of Education from 1942
to 1950. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and served as president of the West Texas
Teachers Association, 1937-1938.

This collection consists of
photographs of groups of people, agricultural activities, architecture, and
animals. It contains a photograph of Red Bluff Dam on the Pecos River. The
Goodrich family moved into Loving County, Texas, shortly after the turn of the
century. They farmed along the Pecos River.

The collection contains
images of World War I, post-World War I aviation, Gelin family photos, images of
the West Texas Hospital (1920) in Lubbock, a carpenter shop interior with wooden
benches and podium, unidentified man in office setting, and a First Methodist
Church. Carl Gelin was a pioneer aviator and World War I veteran. In later
years he was an architect and early contractor in Lubbock, Texas.

Gelin, Carl. H.
Slide Collection, undated
15 slides
SWCPC 641

Is comprised of views of the Ranching Heritage Center, beehives, Lubbock Iron
Works, and several people in an early 1920s automobile. Dr. Gelin was a
professor at Texas Tech University. He passed away in the mid 1990s.

Gildersleeve Studio was founded by Fred A. Gildersleeve in Waco, Texas. He was
born in 1881 and studied photography at a school in Illinois. He moved to Waco
in 1905 and became a well known photographer for the city of Waco. He was known
as the "Matthew Brady of Waco" and he chronicled the history of Waco for 53
years. He was also the official photographer for the Baylor University Football
team. Mr. Gildersleeve passed away in 1958.

Includes pictures of Billie Gibbs in the Coast Guard, the Faulkner family, children of Gilmore farm employees and Daggs family funerals in Whitney, Texas. Other images include Gilmore family portraits and vacation pictures from Yellowstone, Hawaii and Cody, Wyoming. Of special interest are aviation photos of flying
farmers and ranchers as well as the Confederate Air Force in Harlingen, Texas.

Frank S. Gonzalez, born in 1921 in El Paso, Texas, became president of Gonzalez
Realty Company and a prominent Lubbock business leader during the 1950s and
1960s. He received a doctorate from the University of Southern California in
1950 for his study of Mormon relations with the Mexican government. In an
attempt to promote better public relations between Lubbock and the Mexican
people, he organized a "Good Neighbor Project" in 1960-1961, with Oaxaca,
Mexico. The Project was sponsored by Plains Cotton Growers Association, Lubbock,
Texas.

Consists of photographs of
Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas (1918-1971), and bulks with
photographs of personnel (1950-1961). Also contains photographs of Lt. James J.
Goodfellow, Jr. (1918); President Dwight D. Eisenhower; and the Miss Wool of
America Parade (1961).

Goodfellow Air Force Base at San Angelo, Texas, opened as a pilot training
school in 1941. This training mission continued through World War II until 1958,
when the base became part of the Air Force Security Service providing training
in the cryptologic sciences. In 1985, Goodfellow became home for the
consolidated Air Force Combat Intelligence Training Facility.

Collection contains image
of Cheyenne, Oklahoma, community picnic at Sgt. Major Creek west of town, circa
1892. Appearing in the photograph is Jessie Ann Goodwin, aunt of Newton Goodwin
who lives in Lubbock, Texas. Collection also contains image of Cheyenne,
Oklahoma on April 19, 1892 following the land rush to stake claims on and near
the Washita River. On April 19, 1892, cowboys, soldiers and others ran from the
Texas-Oklahoma state line to stake claims to lands near Cheyenne, Oklahoma and
the Washita River. Newton Goodwin lives in Lubbock, Texas.

Comprised of photos of
musicians Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, and Jimmy Dale Gilmore on September 4, 1998 at
Clousseau’s Coffee and Cigar Bar, Lubbock, Texas. Also contains photos from the
1998 Buddy Holly Music Festival.

Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, and Jimmy Dale Gilmore performed at Clousseau’s Coffee and
Cigar Bar on September 4, 1998. Photos of the Buddy Holly Music Festival. Ruth
Gornet is an assistant professor at the Texas Tech Math Department.

This collection consists of
photos made by Preston Gott while at The University of Texas. It also contains
images made by his students in his classes at Texas Tech. The collection
consists of images from astronomical conferences as well. The photos, many of
abstract nature, are mainly of Texas Tech University and the surrounding Lubbock
area.

Preston Gott was a Physics
professor at Texas Tech University from 1949-1989. One project his students
undertook was photography. He was born in 1919 in Waxahachie, Texas. He married Edna Maynard in 1941. She taught Economics at Texas Tech.

Consists of photographs of
newspaper clippings concerning people, places, and activities around Graham,
Texas (1880-1921; 1951; 1966). Also contains photographs of the 1915 flood in
Graham, a tornado in 1951, and the portrait of a woman who had been captured by
Indians.

Collection includes images
of entertainers with the Grandi Brothers Stock Company, a travelling tent show
troupe during the 1910s and 1920s. Bulks with same. The Grandi Brothers Stock
Company was a popular tent show which toured Texas in the 1910s into the 1950s.

This collection consists of
various images dating from 1909 to 1922. Of particular interest are the picture
postcards, which depict military and Mexican military scenes during the Mexican
Revolution. There are also several family images, perhaps the family of one of
the soldiers stationed in New Mexico or Arizona. Also includes an image of
troops posing from Company A - Chickasha, Second Infantry of the Oklahoma
National Guard at Camp Resolution in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1919. The troops
are posing with their rifles in open country. Also includes a military funeral.

Dr. Lawrence L. Graves is a
retired history professor from Texas Tech University. He is an author,
historian, and educator. He was born in 1917 at Perry, New York and was awarded
his Ph.D. in American History by the University of Wisconsin (1954). He taught
history at the University of North Carolina Women’s College (1950-1955) and
joined the faculty of Texas Tech in 1955. He served as Professor of History,
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and as Interim President in 1979 before
retiring in 1983. Graves edited A History of Lubbock and
Lubbock: From
Town to City and coordinated the West Texas region for the Texas State
Historical Association’s Handbook of Texas project.

This collection consists of
a single image of a town scene in Pampa, Texas. In the background is the large
Hotel Pampa.
Gray County is located in the central portion of the
Panhandle. It was organized from Bexar County in 1876. Pampa is the county seat.
The county occupies 934 square miles and its lands support wheat, corn, grain
sorghum, and hay crops.

Consists of photographs of
people and places in Gray County, Texas (1849-1890; 1934-1935; 1948-1949). The
collection also includes photographs of a dust storm in Panhandle, Texas (1935),
a three-legged boy from Italy (1890), and George Christopher with his aircraft
at the Pampa, Texas, airport (1934).

Green, Chester
Photograph Collection, 1970
16 color slides
SWCPC 569

Bulks with slides showing
damage from the May, 1970 tornado which struck Lubbock, Texas. Includes scenes
of downtown area following storm. Bulks with images of downtown Lubbock, Texas.

The Lubbock, Texas, tornado of May 11, 1970 caused massive damage to one
fourth of the city, killing 26 and injuring 2000. The twister destroyed or
damaged six hundred single family residences, 450 apartment units and 8,800
family units.

Green, Otice
Photograph Collection, undated
2 B/W prints
SWCPC 801 E1

Collection contains a photo
of A. B. Davis in a meeting with George Mahon. The other photo is of A. B. Davis
holding a hand full of fish, which was taken by Otice Green in the yard of
Davis’ home on Main Street.

A. B. Davis moved to
Lubbock, Texas in 1924. He was the head of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and
Board of City Development (1924-1962) and manager of the South Plains Fair for
43 years. He was instrumental in the development of Texas Tech University, Reese
Air Force Base, and Mackenzie State Park. He died in 1967 in Lubbock.

This collection consists of
a single portrait of W. A. Greer taken while he was a Texas Tech student in
1925. Also consists of other 1925 photographs showing various buildings that
were being built during the early years of Texas Technological College. Images
include the front of the Administration Building and student posing by the
Double T bench.

Born to a ranching family,
Mr. Greer graduated from Bellvue High School and entered Texas Tech University
in 1925. W. A. Greer was a member of the first class of students at Texas
Technological College in 1925. After graduating from Texas Tech, he served as a
teacher, principal, and superintendent in public schools in and around the
Bowie, Texas, area.

Consists of photographs of
Lubbock residents and businesses (1906-1941), and bulks with photographs of
residents (ca. 1920). Also contains a photograph of a flood (1909). Linnie Grigg
was an early settler in Lubbock, Texas. Her father, Bill Graves, came from Jack
County, Texas, to the South Plains in 1898.

This is a set of photos of
Thelma Clark Griggs and her artwork. Luci Johnson is depicted in one of the
paintings. Luci Johnson was the daughter of Lyndon Baines Johnson, Texas State
Senator and President of the United States.Thelma Clark Griggs was a
Lubbock resident and artist. The collection is a representation of Mrs. Griggs
profession as a portrait artist in oil and chalk.

Contains photos of the
highest peaks in the Guadalupe Mountain range, Guadalupe Peak, and El Capitan
Peak (1930). The collection also includes photos of McKittrick Canyon and
Guadalupe Mountains in the National Park (1930). The Guadalupe Mountains in
northwestern Culberson County are the highest in Texas. The highest point is
Guadalupe Peak, also known as Signal Peak, standing at an elevation of 8,751
feet. The El Capitan Peak, just south of Guadalupe Peak, has an elevation of
8,078 feet.

Consists of images
depicting the Mexican-American community primarily in San Angelo, Texas.
Includes images of school children posing for pictures, athletes, American G. I.
Forum meetings, early buildings, rail workers and depot, theater and weddings.
Bulks with G. I. Forum meetings.

Salvador Guerrero, a Mexican American, moved to Ector County with the oil and
gas industry and emerged as a community leader through work with the American G.
I. Forum, a national veteran's organization comprised predominately of
Mexican-American membership.

Gum, Florence
Photograph Collection, 1979
2 copy prints
SWCPC 610

Florence Gum served as a
legal secretary approximately twenty years in Lubbock. She also served as the
church secretary for Westminster Presbyterian. This collection consists of two
photographs taken from the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the McWhorter and
Howard law firm, Lubbock, Texas, October 1, 1979. One photo is of attorneys and
the other of the secretarial staff.

Portraits of Francisco J.
Gutierrez. These photos were taken by Daniel Sanchez as part of his duties
interviewing people for the Southwest Collection oral history program. Born in
Lubbock on December 31, 1948, Gutierrez discusses growing up in Lubbock, the
Vietnam War and politics.